Little Easter Bunnies!

Today was Easter and I was feeling a little down. Both mine and Blake's family have big Easter get togethers with all of the kids hunting Easter eggs. Being home for this hasn't really bothered me in the past. But this year since I have my own kids it was a little different. I wish more than anything that the boys could be home with their cousins (even though they can't really participate in all the fun). Lucky for us we do have some wonderful friends who are as close to family as you can get and we had the opportunity to spend Easter with them. I am very thankful that God has blessed us by putting these special people in our lives, and more importantly in our boys lives.

The highlight of my day was definitly this morning when I took pictures of Daniel and Dalton with the Easter baskets Bubbles gave them and their bunny ears. They are really going to hate me one day!!! But I can't help myself....HE HE! :)

8 WEEKS OLD!

MY LITTLE MEN

DALTON


DANIEL



The boys were 8 weeks old on Monday. The time is just flying by. They amaze me every day. They are growing so big and strong. They smile all the time now. One of their favorite things to do is lay on your chest while you are sitting down and hold their heads up and look around. Blake and I have the best time watching them bobble around!

They are on formula now and have been for a few weeks. They adapted to it well. They obviously have no problem eating! I started working with them this week on sleeping through the night. Right now it is a little rough. I am trying to teach them to self soothe. Daniel seems to be catching on really quick but Dalton is a whole other story. He likes to trick Mommy and Daddy into thinking he is good and asleep and then he starts screaming the moment you put him down. He is a little spit fire! I have to remember that they are different babies with different personalities. And hey, if I have one baby that sleeps through the night, then taking care of the other one will be a walk in the park! I also have a love, hate relationship with pacifiers! They spit them out constantly! It's the most frustrating thing in the world! Both of them are trying to suck their thumbs and I wish they would just figure it out already. Daniel gave himself a hickey the other day sucking on his arm so hard. I have little leeches!

Today we went to the pediatrician for their 2 month visit. They did so good! They got 3 shots and both of them only cried for a few seconds. They are both super healthy and the doctor said that everything is good. Daniel weighs 10lbs 12oz and is 23.5" long. Dalton weighs 10lbs. 8oz. and is 23.75" long.

Blake and I are doing really well. He told me last night as we were feeding them that, "It's pretty cool having kids!" Glad he thinks so! I am realizing that I don't require as much sleep as I thought I did. And I LOVE being a Mom!!! There is no other way I would rather spend my days than hanging out with my boys.

AT THE PEDIATRICIAN

Bubbles and Poppy Came to Visit

My sweet inlaws come to visit for a week in March. It was Trisha and Warren's first time meeting the new additions to the family. They already have 3 grandchildren; Lea, Jackson, and Noah. They were so excited to see the boys and gave them lots and lots of love while they were here. The week just flew by. We sure are missing them now and can not wait until we can get home to see them again this summer.

SANIBEL ISLAND


LEA


JACKSON


NOAH

Slideshow from our photo session

I am sure you all remember me talking about the newborn photo session that we did the week after the boys were born. Well, last night I finally got the slideshow that the photographer puts together for all of her clients. It is just so precious and brings me to tears watching it. The boys have changed so much in 4 short weeks. I am glad that we have these amazing pictures to remember just how tiny they were. (Although I think that they are going to hate me for them when they get older!) I will have pictures to embarrass them with in front of future girlfriends! ;) Anyway, the photographer did a fantastic job, so check it out! Enjoy!

link: http://lifexpressions.net/shows
username: Rutland
password: rr021009

p.s. make sure your speakers are turned on!!!

Our boys are a month old!

Daniel
Dalton


On Monday the boys were 4 weeks old. My how time flies. I have made the comment on several occasions that if feels like Groundhogs Day....everyday is the same. I am a bit worn out, but I am loving being a Mommy! I know it sounds cheesy, but the other day I was thinking that I could not believe that God gave us two little angels to take care of. It's the best feeling in the world!

My days are spent feeding them and changing them, and every now and then doing laundry or playing on the computer. The first few weeks were easy because they slept ALL the time. Now things seem to be changing. They are becoming much more fussy and hard to calm down. I am sure it is just their age, and a phase that they go through. It takes me about an hour to get them both fed. I feed one, put him down (thinking he is sleeping and content) pick up the other one and start feeding and then the first one starts screaming it's head off. Then I just have to sit and listen to it. I have never had so many headaches in my life! They are eating every 3 hours. At night we give them a bottle and put them in their cribs. They usually wake up 3 hours later. I am getting some sleep, although interrupted. I don't mind waking up to feed them if they will go right back to sleep, and usually they do. The mornings are the best time. I feed them around 6 and go back to bed afterwards and they usually sleep until 10. So I soak up as much sleep as I can. Then we wake up and watch Ellen. It's a great way to start the day :)

Last week my sister-in-law Paige came to visit. She was such a HUGE help. She cooked and cleaned, and helped with the boys. She also kept me sain by getting me out of the house and keeping me company. We even went for a 5 mile walk one day with the boys. That is the only exercise I have had since the surgery and it felt great! We took the boys to the mall that I work at to meet my coworkers as well and to dinner at a friends house. It was wonderful to have the extra set of hands! The boys are so lucky to have an aunt like Paige! We love you!

We weighed the boys last weekend and if our scale is right, they are both over 8 lbs. now. They really are growing so fast. It's amazing. They open their eyes so much wider now and you can tell that they are really focusing. They are just wonderful! Needless to say, we are so in love!!!!

Daniel

I don't have as many pictures of Daniel as I do of Dalton because I always feed Daniel first and then put him down so that I can feed Dalton. Once I have a free hand to use the camera, my little man is already off to dream land. I guess that is one of the hard parts about having twins, you feel like you don't get to spend an equal amount of time with them both.
These pictures are precious though. The first image Aunt Paige captured and I just love it! And Daddy was playing around in the second picture. He looks pretty cool huh?!

Dalton

This little love bug makes the funniest faces! I am constantly laughing at him. And that smile, even though he doesn't quite know what he is doing, just melts my heart!